PRGS vs. AI, UPLD, CVLT, QLYS, INTA, ALKT, AVDX, SWI, PD, and SEMR
Should you be buying Progress Software stock or one of its competitors? The main competitors of Progress Software include C3.ai (AI), Upland Software (UPLD), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Qualys (QLYS), Intapp (INTA), Alkami Technology (ALKT), AvidXchange (AVDX), SolarWinds (SWI), PagerDuty (PD), and Semrush (SEMR). These companies are all part of the "computer and technology" sector.
C3.ai (NYSE:AI) and Progress Software (NASDAQ:PRGS) are both mid-cap computer and technology companies, but which is the better stock? We will compare the two companies based on the strength of their institutional ownership, risk, valuation, analyst recommendations, community ranking, media sentiment, earnings, dividends and profitability.
In the previous week, Progress Software had 4 more articles in the media than C3.ai. MarketBeat recorded 10 mentions for Progress Software and 6 mentions for C3.ai. C3.ai's average media sentiment score of 0.58 beat Progress Software's score of 0.26 indicating that Progress Software is being referred to more favorably in the news media.
C3.ai has a beta of 1.74, meaning that its stock price is 74% more volatile than the S&P 500. Comparatively, Progress Software has a beta of 0.95, meaning that its stock price is 5% less volatile than the S&P 500.
39.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by institutional investors. 34.0% of C3.ai shares are owned by company insiders. Comparatively, 3.3% of Progress Software shares are owned by company insiders. Strong institutional ownership is an indication that endowments, large money managers and hedge funds believe a stock is poised for long-term growth.
C3.ai presently has a consensus target price of $31.50, suggesting a potential upside of 26.66%. Progress Software has a consensus target price of $64.60, suggesting a potential upside of 26.25%. Given Progress Software's higher possible upside, analysts clearly believe C3.ai is more favorable than Progress Software.
Progress Software has higher revenue and earnings than C3.ai. C3.ai is trading at a lower price-to-earnings ratio than Progress Software, indicating that it is currently the more affordable of the two stocks.
Progress Software received 73 more outperform votes than C3.ai when rated by MarketBeat users. Likewise, 64.75% of users gave Progress Software an outperform vote while only 51.62% of users gave C3.ai an outperform vote.
Progress Software has a net margin of 9.67% compared to Progress Software's net margin of -95.21%. C3.ai's return on equity of 36.62% beat Progress Software's return on equity.
Summary
Progress Software beats C3.ai on 13 of the 18 factors compared between the two stocks.
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